Improvement in leather-skiving machines



E. B. STIMPSON. .LEATHER SKU/'ING MACHINE.

l\T J.175,389 Patented March 28,1876.

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MPETERS. PHOTO-LITHDGHAPHER, WASHINGTON, D CV UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIOE EDWIN E. sTiMPsoN, OE BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

. IMPROVEMENT IN LEATHER-SKIVING MACHINES.-

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 175,389, dated March 28, 1876; application filed i March 13, 1876. v v

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWIN B. STIMPSON, of Brooklyn, in the county ot' Kings andState of New York, have invented a new and lmproved Skiving-Machine, of which the following is a. specification: y

,My invention has 'for its object to provide a machine by which thin, light, and soft leather can be readily skived in pieces ot' any form7 which cannot be done with the ordinary skiving-1nachines, which are only adapted for stiff sole-leather and the like, and such forms as can be passed between the rollers.

VMy invention consists ot' a table, which can be revolved and turned in any direction, and also raised and lowered at will, over the central portion of which is a rotary skiving cutter, a rotary presser, and a rotary guide for the leather, all so con trired that the leather being placed on the table, and the latter turned or moved about so as to pass the margin to be skived Linder the cutter, the work will be et'- fectually and rapidly performed on leather ot' any thickness, quality, or condition.

Figure l is a longitudinal sectional ele\'a tion, taken on line .fr .fr of Fig. 2. Fig. 2 is a plan view. Fig. 3 isa side elevation of the cutter.

'Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

A is the vertically-adjustable and sliding and revolving table for holding the Work. It

is movable on rollers or studs B, which are on plate D, having inclines F on its under side, resting; on other inclines G of a ring-plate, H, which turns in the bed-plate I, by a handle, J, for raising and lowering the Work holding plate A. K is the rotary skiVing-cu'tter, located a little abovethe center ot' the Workholding plate on the shaft L, which is arranged in bearings ill the supporting-arm M. N is a'l revolving gage for the edge ofthe leather, xcd on a stud, O, projecting down from the arm. P is a rotary presser, arranged by the side otl the cutter on the bar Q, which is pressed down by the spring 1t, to ,hold the leather While the cutter is at work.

Having thus described my invention, I claim Aas new and desire to secure by Letters Pat- 

